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单词 rant
释义 rant
I. \ˈrant, -aa(ə)nt, -aint\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: obsolete Dutch ranten, randen
intransitive verb
1. archaic : to have a noisy good time with dancing, singing, and drinking : carouse, revel
2. : to talk noisily, excitedly, often extravagantly : declaim in bombastic fashion
 < rant and rave in loud voices — Priscilla Hughes >
3. : to scold vehemently : be in a rage : rail
 < ranted at the boy who paid no attention >
transitive verb
: to speak in an extravagant grandiose fashion : declaim noisily
 < the actor who rants Shakespeare — H.E.Clurman >
II. noun
(-s)
1.
 a. : ostentatious speech or utterance : discourse that is often wildly excessive and unrestrained
  < going to yell out the customary rant which he kept for big occasions — Bruce Marshall >
  < the depth of feeling without rant — Walter Hampden >
 b. : extravagant often flowery language or sentiment usually empty of meaning
  < sometimes mere rant, the book has genuine depths — Edgar Johnson >
2. dialect Britain
 a. : a rousing good time : spree
 b. : a gay song or dance tune
3. : the act of ranting : a ranting state
Synonyms: see bombast
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